Social Sustainability & Reporting Lead in Dumbarton

About the role

We are currently seeking a Social Sustainability & Reporting Lead to be responsible for driving the implementation of Social Sustainability priorities across the UK & Ireland, ensuring alignment with the Group’s Valuing People strategy. The role leads employee engagement on Sustainability & Responsibility (S&R), strengthens community impact, and coordinates key programmes across the Gold Business Unit. This position is also responsible for coordinating & preparing reports and acting as the central point of coordination of inputs for this across the Gold BU.

What you will do

• Social Sustainability Strategy & Governance
  • Implement the appropriate elements of the Group’s Valuing People strategy for UK & Ireland, ensuring clear action plans, progress tracking and reporting.
  • Serve as the Gold BU coordinator for all Social Sustainability topics (excluding DE&I), ensuring consistency, alignment, and compliance with Group standards.
  • Prepare inputs for Group-level reporting, KPIs, and updates related to Social Sustainability performance.
• Employee Volunteering & Community Programmes
  • Coordinate delivery of employee volunteering and community engagement programmes across UK & IRL, including strategic oversight and programme governance.
  • Manage centrally supported programmes (e.g., Community Champions at Chivas Brothers) and collaborate with local teams to ensure impactful delivery.
  • Monitor participation, report on outcomes, and evolve the community strategy to maximise societal value and employee engagement.
• Responsib’All Day Coordination
  • Lead planning and coordination for Responsib’All Day, ensuring all UK & IRL affiliates have the guidance, tools, and templates needed for successful local implementation.
  • Work closely with affiliate Communications teams on logistics, local execution, and storytelling.
• S&R SteerCo Leadership
  • Coordinate inputs for the quarterly Gold BU S&R Steering Committee, including agenda creation, content preparation, follow-ups, and ensuring cross-functional alignment.
  • Track progress on SteerCo actions and support governance of S&R strategic initiatives.
  • Align Sustainable Ops Scope 1, 2 & 3 KPIs dashboards for steerco.
• Engagement & Communications Collaboration
  • Partner closely with Gold BU Communications teams to develop internal engagement initiatives that embed S&R into employee culture.
  • Support external storytelling by providing content & insights to Comms Teams that highlight the organisation’s Social & Operational Sustainability efforts and impact.
  • Provide advice and guidance to UK & IRL affiliates to ensure consistent and inspiring S&R messaging.

Your skills and background

• Experience in Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, Community Programmes, or Social Impact roles.
• Strong programme management and coordination skills, with experience working across multiple stakeholders or markets.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and influence across diverse teams.
• Data-driven mindset with experience in reporting, KPI tracking, and governance processes.

Why join us?

• Collective Spirit - You will be part of a connected, international community shaped by iconic brands, a performance mindset, and a proud legacy, where collaboration, fun and ambition coexist.
• Craft your path - We empower you to own your career, innovate boldly and grow alongside our business, surrounded by leaders who value curiosity, energy, and impact.
• Cultivate the future - You’ll help shape a business with a soul — one that cherishes the land, respects communities, and brings good times from a good place, responsibly and sustainably.

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’. We promote inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, an environment where we can truly be ourselves. We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences, and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Our recruiting team are more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process, in order for you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.

Our mix of benefits

• Competitive salary, along with performance related bonus
• Defined Contribution Pension, Private medical insurance, including income protection
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days’ annual holiday (increasing with length of service up to 27) plus public holidays
• Pernod Ricard share incentive plan and share ownership plan
• Life Assurance
• An allowance each year to spend on our brands
• Our reward & recognition scheme
• Employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.